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mickeddie   06-22-2006 at 05:57:21 PM

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-775VSTA#

A conroe mobo for under $60? Any thoughts on this? And I can still use my AGP gpu!!

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illicitsc   06-22-2006 at 06:10:23 PM
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that looks amazing! ddr+ddr2 support and both agp and pcie! hope it overclocks nicely but its a via....

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mickeddie   06-22-2006 at 06:16:05 PM
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After re-reading I notice it only supports 2 gb RAM.

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illicitsc   06-22-2006 at 06:18:55 PM
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well if you're running a 32bit os theres no point in going over 2gb since only 2gb can be assigned to 1 program, unless of course you're a professional and needs 4gb, but in that case, a motherboard like this wouldn't even be considered.

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mickeddie   06-22-2006 at 06:20:48 PM
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Will 2 gb RAM be enough for Vista and games?

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Frank_M   06-22-2006 at 06:42:31 PM
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Quote :

Will 2 gb RAM be enough for Vista and games?


For the time being and the near future, yes.

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mickeddie   06-22-2006 at 06:48:39 PM
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Forgive me if this next inquiry has been discussed elsewhere, but what is about the mobo that restricts the amount of RAM it can utilize? If you put 4 sticks of 1gb in the mobo referenced in this thread, what would happen? Would it not work, fry, or just use 2gb and the other 2 would be wasted?

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illicitsc   06-22-2006 at 06:58:03 PM
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well considering that asus mobos for intel chips that have 2 ddr2 and ddr slots only work with 1 standard at a time and cannot be mixed, this one is probably the same. 2 gb max i think

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mickeddie   06-22-2006 at 06:58:35 PM
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One more thing...this is not a Broadwater board.

Are there mobo benchmarks? If you have 2 conroe systems with the same CPU (say e6600), same RAM, etc. but one on this mobo and one on a Broadwater mobo what and where is the difference?

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MrsD   06-22-2006 at 06:59:39 PM
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Id want to see at least 10 reviews on that before I would consider it. 8O

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